Edgewood High School, El Corral, 1995, World Beat 16

Description:	Supreme Court Justice HarryBlackmun, 85, who wrote themajority opinion in Roe v.Wade, the landmark 1973 casethat guaranteed a womanslegal right to abortion,announces his retirement fromthe court after 24 years.The Charles and Diana fairytale-turned-sordid-soapcontinues: A German newspaper prints nude photos ofPrince Charles; he publishes aconfession saying he neverloved his wife. Princess Dianais suspected of making crankphone calls; an old friend whoclaims to be her ex-lover hawksa trashy kiss-and-tell book.Tabitha the cat spends 12 daysand 32,000 miles in the fuselage of a Tower Air 747 jet whenshe escapes her cat carrier andgets lost in the cargo hold.Tabitha makes televisionappearances after her rescuewith her aspiring-actress owner.Tabitha lost two pounds duringthe ordeal, her owner lost six.The Florida judge would notallow Paul Hill to use justifiable homicide as a defensein the shootings of Dr. JohnBritton and his bodyguardoutside a Pensacola abortionclinic. Hill is found guilty ofmurder in the first degree.AnnaPaquin, 11, wins anAcademy Award for herperformance in The Piano.Says actor Gene Hackman,I guess now youll have notrouble getting cast in yourschool play.Ronald Reagan, 83,announces he is inthe early stages ofAlzheimers disease, whichwill cause him to relyincreasingly on wife Nancy.Doctors say the easy-goingex-president should be ableto function normally forseveral more years.Despite hurledobscenities anddeath threats,Shannon Faulkner, 19,battles the all-male Citadelfor the right to become thefirst female cadet in the152-year history of thestate-supported SouthCarolina military school.Sending a worthymessage to pageant-watchers, HeatherWhitestone, a deaf Alabamacollege junior who workswith handicapped kids, iscrowned 1994 Miss Americaby her predecessorKimberly Aiken.elson Mandela,an internationalhero who won theNobel Peace Prize, writeshis story. Long Walk toFreedom: TheAutobiography of NelsonMandela covers the authors27 years as a politicalprisoner, his release, andblack Africans struggle forfreedom.In Singapore,American teenagerMichael Fay isconvicted of vandalism andpublicly caned four times bya martial arts master, despitepleas from his family andPresident Clinton.Applying his newfame to good works,actor AntonioBanderas, of Philadelphiaand Interview With theVampire, spends a week ona goodwill mission helpingUNICEF draw attention towartorn Somalia.Cartoonist Gary Larson announces that he will retireThe Far Side, a feature that began in 1978 and hasappeared in 1,500 newspapers.THE FAR SIDEBy GARY LARSON©§.Former basketballsuperstar MichaelJordan improveshis game for the ArizonaScottsdale Scorpions, aminor-league baseballteam. He still has no plansto return to the hoops.In about the mostsurprising event ofthe year, MichaelJackson weds Elvis daughter, Lisa Marie Presley in asecret ceremony, May 1994.Journalists wonder if theunion isnt a businessarrangement or an attemptto polish Michaels publicimage, tarnished by claimsof child molestation.Scruffy movie idolJohnny Depp andwispy model KateMoss have a headline-making lovers quarrel. Deppis arrested for trashing thecouples hotel room.Model Cindy Crawfordand actor RichardGere, dubbed theworlds sexiest couple,announce their separation.Hollywood books Crawfordfor her first movie.Printed in U.S.A. ©1995 Jostens, Inc. and World i95-047(#2156)Japanese earthquake cover photo credit: AP/Wide WorldNewt Gingrich cover photo credit: Robert Visser, Sygma
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Collection:	Edgewood High School

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